Other names and synonyms
bals-p.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
Peruvian вalsam from Myroxylon Pereirae.
Useful in bronchial catarrh, with copious, purulent expectoration. Debility; hectic fever.
Useful in bronchial catarrh, with copious, purulent expectoration. Debility; hectic fever.
Head, face, and ears
Profuse, thick discharge. Eczema, with ulceration. сhronic, fetid, nasal catarrh.
Gastrointestinal tract
Vomiting of food and mucus. сatarrh of stomach.
Chest organs
Bronchitis, and phthisis, with muco-purulent, thick, creamy expectoration. Loud rales in chest (Kali sulph; Ant tar). Very loose cough. Hectic fever and night-sweats, with irritating, short cough and scanty expectoration.
Urogenital system
Scanty; much mucus sediment. сatarrh of bladder (Chimaph).
Dif. diagnostics
Balsamum Tolutanum-the balsam of Myroxylon toluifera--(chronic bronchitis with profuse expectoration) (Oleum caryophyllum-oil of cloves-in profuse septic expectoration-3 to 5 minims in milk or capsules).
Method of drug use and dosage
First attenuation: In hectic 6x.
Extra homeopathic uses locally. As a stimulant to raw surfaces in indolent ulcers, scabies, cracked nipples, rhagades, itch. Promotes granulation, removes fetor. A one per cent solution in alcohol or ether may be used with the atomizer in respiratory affections. Internally, as an expectorant, in chronic bronchitis. Dose, 5 to 15 M, made into an emulsion with mucilage or yolk of egg.
Extra homeopathic uses locally. As a stimulant to raw surfaces in indolent ulcers, scabies, cracked nipples, rhagades, itch. Promotes granulation, removes fetor. A one per cent solution in alcohol or ether may be used with the atomizer in respiratory affections. Internally, as an expectorant, in chronic bronchitis. Dose, 5 to 15 M, made into an emulsion with mucilage or yolk of egg.